I race mine, while I am nowhere near what would be considered an expert, I still pound the shit out of it, battery wise.
I'll slam the throttle trying to go as fast as I can go, for the 20 seconds or so I have to do so in the space that i am doing 140 MPH in, then hump the brakes and especially regen. I use FULL regen and use it constantly to help me in turns, stopping, etc, it's constantly being moved around.
Now whether that is helping or hurting my overall progress, remains to be seen but for the sake of this convo, im constantly moving current, often times LARGE amounts of it, in and out of the battery.
When I get into the paddock, Ill throw it on the fast charger to bring it up to 94 percent. ( I don't do 100 percent, because as I said, I use regen and there needs to be a place to put it to use it ! ) Once it's charged, I'll get it and get me ready for my next 20 minute session of hammering the bike on the track.
Normal sessions, 20 minutes on, 40 off.
Better sessions, 30 minutes on, 30 off. (low turnout days, they'll combine expert / Intermediate into one, novice in other)
Premium sessions, open track, you do whatever you want (this generally is when I am invited to a private group to race / play) or if there is a rainout and most the people say, im takling my toys and I'm going home, but a few hard core dummies, such as me go, screw it, I paid for this, im racing in the rain!
anyways, the bike is getting a fair amount of power transfer.
Now, my bike is pitch ass BLACK, BLACK bike, sitting in the hot ass Florida sun, charging, discharging.... Trust me, that black bike can get hot as shit under the sun, and the battery is right under those fairings, in that hot box.
Only once have I pushed it hard enough to run it into the Yellow, and THAT was when I let a professional racer use the bike who is capable of hitting 150 MPH or more on the back stretches, and much faster speeds overall than I currently am.
I hate standing blistering in the sun, especially wearing 25 pounds of Leather / Armor / Helmet/ ... you get the idea, so I set up a tarp / canopy.
Under the canopy the bike so far has never hit yellow let alone hard yellow.
Bike 2:
I ride my Ribelle on the highway, I like to ride spirited. Im not one of those assholes who wants to weave and zip in and out back and forth thru traffic, if there's traffic Ill stay my lane... that other shit is just too dangerous and sooner or later those clowns get pulled in front of and end up as road pizza. NOW..... If I get an open spot, or bit of pavement that has no obstructions, I have been accused of opening the throttle up a bit. Sunday mornings, fairly early, for some reason, my throttle likes to get stuck when I open it, and sometimes it takes me several miles to figure out how to get it back down again... I need to work on that....
Fairly hard but consistent riding for MILES ..... charge.... go to next destination.
WHen it's July / August in Florida and blistering Fkn hot, mid 90s out. Ive turned it yellow fairly often after say 20 minutes of harder running.
To date I really can not say where I have seen it curtail my fun power level. Once or twice I have seen it back off my fast charge to say 40 amps or so, if it's real bad, like I just did a WOT for 12 miles straight on a hot ass day, ive seen it limit me to 25 amps.. but I really need to be abusive to get it to do that,
Unless you are riding your bike hot and hard, I honestly do not thing a normal user is going to have any issues with the battery charging and stuff like that.
If you live in North Florida or nearby, I'll take you for a track day and we can show you first hand if you want.
Aaron
